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Old 02-21-2025, 07:21 PM   #1339
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The US has obviously gone up a tier since 2014 and while I could be wrong, i think they are much better suited for North American style rinks than international sized rinks. The Tkachuks will not be able to be as effective on the boards and they will find it much more difficult to suffocate Canada like they were able to at times in these two matchups. I believe the Americans have struggled in past tournaments due to the change of style and European teams have often looked on par with them. This could be due to the fact that many of the US players do not play in the world championships and struggle changing their style as it is a bit of a different game. They almost got Canada in 2010 and again now on North American Ice but I cannot remember the last time the US looked good on the bigger surface. Mcdavid and Mack will be much more difficult to contain on international ice. Again I could be wrong and I know the Americans will have a better squad but so will Canada and I favour the Canadian players on bigger ice much more than the Americans.

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